Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:35:49 +1000 From: "Andrew Johns" <ajohns@TurnAround.com.au> To: <mestery@visi.com>, "Dann Lunsford" <dann@greycat.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <000701bec0fe$2b953ee0$4001a8c0@tasajohns.turnaround.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9906271927040.14384-100000@isis.visi.com>
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[snip] > On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Dann Lunsford wrote: > > > Hi! I need some advice (or at least some information :-)) > about buying > > a laptop. What brands/models support FreeBSD best, etc.? > > For instance, today I saw a ThinkPad 1472 (pretty sure that was the > > model) with 14" screen, 6.4G drive, DVD/CD, 64Meg, etc; looked real > > nice, just what I need for the trips I'll be making, if it only runs > > FreeBSD. Will it? I have an old ThinkPad 750C running FreeBSD now, > > which is why I'm looking at the 1472, but I'd really like to have > > peoples' opinions. > > > Along these lines, does anyone have any experience with the Dell > Inspiron 3500? Dell has a real nice deal now (14.1 inch display, 64MB > RAM, 4.2GB drive, CD-ROM) for ~$2,000. Has anyone used one of these > with FreeBSD before? I know firsthand the Dell's are nice > machines, as > my father has one. But I don't know if anyone's used the Inspiron's > with FreeBSD. None with the 3500, but the 7000's are pretty awesome - only prob we had was getting X running on the ATI Rage Pro LT - it was the LT that wasn't supported last time we looked. Other than that it absolutely flew - eg:sub 2 and a half minutes for a kernel compile (mind you we had 192 MB RAM in that machine :)) but that was before we added softupdates... Cheers AJ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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